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Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers  Cover Image Book Book

Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers / Simon Winchester.

Winchester, Simon, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062315410 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780062315427 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The great thermonuclear sea -- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution -- The ecstasies of wave-riding -- A dire and dangerous irritation -- Farewell, all my friends and foes -- Echoes of distant thunder -- How goes the lucky country? -- The fires in the deep -- A fragile and uncertain sea -- Of masters and commanders -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide.
Subject: Pacific Ocean > Geography.
Pacific Ocean > History.
Ocean and civilization.
Pacific Ocean > Description and travel.
Winchester, Simon > Travel.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main 909.09823 W721ps (Text) 31307022513131 Non Fiction Available -

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